2.4 ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 1.9
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Birchs Bay · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Birchs Bay
How families and households are made up across the area.
Typical household patterns in Birchs Bay are similar to most other areas of its type. Most homes are occupied by couples, and the average number of people per home is 2.4, which matches the state figure.
2.4
▲ +4.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Birchs Bay — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
About 64% of homes have two people and 24% have just one. This means fewer people live alone here than in the rest of Tasmania, where the figure is 29%.
24.4% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Birchs Bay, 2 people is the majority at 51%; 1 person is next at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples without children make up half of all families here. One-parent families are much less common at 8.8%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
8.8% ▲ —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Birchs Bay, Couples without children is the majority at 52%; Couples with children is next at 39%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Birchs Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60046/birchs-bay/topic/family-households